Monday, October 14, 2013

Helpful Ways To Stop Smoking.

By Ramsey Vatter


If yes, then you will have to adopt JUST DO IT strategy! Did you know that a recent study reported in the British Medical Journal, found that quitting smoking spontaneously is best. In that study the scientists questioned nearly 2,000 current and ex-smokers about how they quit smoking. Nearly half indicated they quit spontaneously. The study also revealed that those who quit smoking spontaneously were 50 to 60 percent more likely to be successful. Are You Ready to Quit Smoking?

If you're going through say a pack of cigarettes daily, don't make big leaps like cutting your smoking in half. Set a plan in motion to cut back GRADUALLY. Try cutting out 1 cigarette a day every 3-4 days. Load up all the cigarettes you will be smoking for the day in *1* pack and have that be your sole source of cigarettes for that day. As time goes by, you will be removing 1 cigarette from this pack at a time, if in the process of utilizing this technique you feel any discomfort, distract yourself by chewing some gum or drinking some coffee.

Quitting Smoking Isn't About Trying

It's a state of mind. You must set it in your mind that you are going to quit smoking now. Trying to quit doesn't work. How many times have you heard someone say, "I tried to quit, but I couldn't". That's because they "tried" - they didn't make up their mind that they would quit smoking now.

Walk through the process you intend to work on with your better half. For every milestone, you have the important people in your life present. This is no different, even if it still in the beginning phase.

Therefore, they unintentionally or unconsciously plan for failure. You must make a commitment to yourself that from this day onward, you will live your life as a non-smoker.

If you answered "yes" to the second sentence, congratulations! Welcome to the non-smoking and living a long, healthy life Zone! Let's get started! Now that you're sure you are ready to quit smoking, take out a pen and piece of paper. You will need it to make a few easy calculations.

The person is allowed to focus on the psychological aspects of quitting while the physical symptoms of withdrawal are lessened.

It is not intended to be the only method used to help a person quit smoking. This therapy also works best when it is combined with other means of quitting smoking specifically addressing the mind-set.

Now multiply the two numbers together and circle that number. That is the amount of money you spend on cigarettes each day.

You may re-assess your plan and make for a more gradual cutback if you failed to see progress in the last week, just as long as the overall trend each week is a decrease in smoking activity.

These tips are extremely powerful, if implemented! It is not enough to read these and get a slight positive high over what you could potentially do. Take action starting NOW! Get out a pen and paper right now, yes now, and take 10 minutes to write down your own personal cutting back plan.

In the end, the most important thing is the willingness and the determination to quit the smoking habit. While there is no hard and fast rule as to how to do this successfully, being 100% willing is certainly half the battle.

How much money have you been spending on cigarettes? It's time to save that money for something worthwhile and meaningful! There are 1000 better ways to spend that money, so think again and say no to cigarettes NOW!.




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